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The enormous potential for destruction that lies latent in nuclear
technology inevitably gives rise to the possibility of nuclear
terrorism-the use of nuclear explosives or radioactivity by
insurgent groups. Professor Beres considers the factors that might
foster such terrorism, the forms it might take, and the probable
consequences of each form. He then identifies a coherent strategy
of counternuclear terrorism, one that embraces both technological
and behavioral measures, that suggests policies for deterrence and
situation management on both national and international levels, and
that points toward a major refashioning of world order.
The enormous potential for destruction that lies latent in nuclear
technology inevitably gives rise to the possibility of nuclear
terrorism-the use of nuclear explosives or radioactivity by
insurgent groups. Professor Beres considers the factors that might
foster such terrorism, the forms it might take, and the probable
consequences of each form. He then identifies a coherent strategy
of counternuclear terrorism, one that embraces both technological
and behavioral measures, that suggests policies for deterrence and
situation management on both national and international levels, and
that points toward a major refashioning of world order.
Now facing a genuinely unprecedented configuration of existential
threats, Israel's leaders must decide whether to continue their
deliberate nuclear ambiguity policy (the "bomb in the basement") as
they consider such urgent and overlapping survival issues as
regional nuclear proliferation, Jihadist terror-group intersections
with enemy states, rationality or irrationality of state and
sub-state adversaries, assassination or "targeted killing,"
preemption, and the probable effects of a "Cold War II" between
Russia and the United States. Israel must develop a strategic
posture that will involve a suitably coherent and refined nuclear
strategy. This book critically examines Israel's rapidly evolving
nuclear strategy in light of these issues and explains how it
underscores the overarching complexity of strategic interactions in
the Middle East.
Now facing a genuinely unprecedented configuration of existential
threats, Israel's leaders must decide whether to continue their
deliberate nuclear ambiguity policy (the "bomb in the basement") as
they consider such urgent and overlapping survival issues as
regional nuclear proliferation, Jihadist terror-group intersections
with enemy states, rationality or irrationality of state and
sub-state adversaries, assassination or "targeted killing,"
preemption, and the probable effects of a "Cold War II" between
Russia and the United States. Israel must develop a strategic
posture that will involve a suitably coherent and refined nuclear
strategy. This book critically examines Israel's rapidly evolving
nuclear strategy in light of these issues and explains how it
underscores the overarching complexity of strategic interactions in
the Middle East.
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